https://github.com/charles-zablit updated 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/210041

>From 9e0557ebd3461fee9f1b97dc32785664d2b41ce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Zablit <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:09:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [lldb] Fallback to comparing Modules by their canonical
 paths

---
 lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp                   | 24 ++++++-
 .../breakpoint_via_symlink/Makefile           |  3 +
 .../TestBreakpointViaSymlink.py               | 70 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/main.c  |  3 +
 4 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 
lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/Makefile
 create mode 100644 
lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/TestBreakpointViaSymlink.py
 create mode 100644 
lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/main.c

diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp
index dcdfd67d3e303..1493c0291c572 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Compiler.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/DJB.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
@@ -1455,6 +1456,25 @@ bool Module::SetLoadAddress(Target &target, lldb::addr_t 
value,
   return false;
 }
 
+// A module's stored path can be an alias of the same on-disk file that a 
lookup
+// spec refers to:
+//   - Windows: a subst/mapped drive or a symbolic link
+//   - POSIX: a symbolic link
+// In those cases, MatchesModuleSpec fails even though both name the same file.
+// This is a fall back which compares the canonicalized real paths.
+static bool FileSpecsResolveToSameFile(const FileSpec &pattern,
+                                       const FileSpec &file) {
+  if (!pattern.GetDirectory() || !file)
+    return false;
+  FileSystem &fs = FileSystem::Instance();
+  llvm::SmallString<256> pattern_real, file_real;
+  if (fs.GetRealPath(pattern.GetPath(), pattern_real) ||
+      fs.GetRealPath(file.GetPath(), file_real))
+    return false;
+  return FileSpec::Equal(FileSpec(pattern_real), FileSpec(file_real),
+                         /*full=*/true);
+}
+
 bool Module::MatchesModuleSpec(const ModuleSpec &module_ref) {
   const UUID &uuid = module_ref.GetUUID();
 
@@ -1465,7 +1485,9 @@ bool Module::MatchesModuleSpec(const ModuleSpec 
&module_ref) {
 
   const FileSpec &file_spec = module_ref.GetFileSpec();
   if (!FileSpec::Match(file_spec, m_file) &&
-      !FileSpec::Match(file_spec, m_platform_file))
+      !FileSpec::Match(file_spec, m_platform_file) &&
+      !FileSpecsResolveToSameFile(file_spec, m_file) &&
+      !FileSpecsResolveToSameFile(file_spec, m_platform_file))
     return false;
 
   const FileSpec &platform_file_spec = module_ref.GetPlatformFileSpec();
diff --git 
a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/Makefile 
b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..10495940055b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+C_SOURCES := main.c
+
+include Makefile.rules
diff --git 
a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/TestBreakpointViaSymlink.py
 
b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/TestBreakpointViaSymlink.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..defb23cc16f37
--- /dev/null
+++ 
b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/TestBreakpointViaSymlink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+"""
+Test that creating a target through a symlinked (or otherwise aliased)
+executable does not create a duplicate module at launch.
+
+When a target is created via a path that is not the file's canonical path (a
+symlink, or on Windows a subst/mapped drive), the running process reports its
+*real* image path at launch. Module matching needs to compare the canonicalized
+paths.
+"""
+
+import os
+import lldb
+from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
+from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
+from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil
+
+
+class TestBreakpointViaSymlink(TestBase):
+    NO_DEBUG_INFO_TESTCASE = True
+
+    @skipIfRemote
+    def test_breakpoint_resolves_once_via_symlink(self):
+        self.build()
+        real_exe = self.getBuildArtifact("a.out")
+
+        # A symlink whose real path differs from the path used to create the
+        # target.
+        link_exe = self.getBuildArtifact("a.out.symlink")
+        try:
+            if os.path.lexists(link_exe):
+                os.remove(link_exe)
+            os.symlink(real_exe, link_exe)
+        except (OSError, NotImplementedError) as e:
+            # Windows needs Developer Mode / SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege.
+            self.skipTest("could not create a symlink: %s" % e)
+        self.addTearDownHook(lambda: os.remove(link_exe))
+        self.assertNotEqual(os.path.realpath(link_exe), link_exe)
+
+        target = self.dbg.CreateTarget(link_exe)
+        self.assertTrue(target, VALID_TARGET)
+
+        bkpt = target.BreakpointCreateBySourceRegex(
+            "break here", lldb.SBFileSpec("main.c")
+        )
+        # Resolves against the preloaded module: exactly one location.
+        self.assertEqual(
+            bkpt.GetNumLocations(), 1, "one breakpoint location before launch"
+        )
+
+        process = target.LaunchSimple(None, None, 
self.get_process_working_directory())
+        self.assertState(process.GetState(), lldb.eStateStopped)
+
+        # After launch the running image may report its real path. With module
+        # matching canonicalizing paths, the loaded module is the one lldb 
already
+        # preloaded, so the breakpoint keeps exactly one resolved location.
+        self.assertEqual(bkpt.GetNumLocations(), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(bkpt.GetNumResolvedLocations(), 1)
+
+        # The executable appears as a single module (no duplicate). The module
+        # keeps the path it was created with (the symlink), so compare by real
+        # path.
+        exe_real = os.path.realpath(real_exe)
+        matches = [
+            m
+            for m in target.module_iter()
+            if os.path.realpath(m.GetFileSpec().fullpath) == exe_real
+        ]
+        self.assertEqual(
+            len(matches), 1, "exactly one executable module, got %d" % 
len(matches)
+        )
diff --git 
a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/main.c 
b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9ba28de2ae01c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  return 0; // break here
+}

>From 336ff8ba486285619d46ab359a08e3cb63f07677 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Zablit <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:31:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] fixup! [lldb] Fallback to comparing Modules by their
 canonical paths

---
 lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp
index 1493c0291c572..21bbf7f474a32 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ bool Module::SetLoadAddress(Target &target, lldb::addr_t 
value,
 // This is a fall back which compares the canonicalized real paths.
 static bool FileSpecsResolveToSameFile(const FileSpec &pattern,
                                        const FileSpec &file) {
-  if (!pattern.GetDirectory() || !file)
+  if (pattern.GetDirectory().empty() || !file)
     return false;
   FileSystem &fs = FileSystem::Instance();
   llvm::SmallString<256> pattern_real, file_real;

>From 88a36c2abd886938a07ed129d02a530599467e07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Zablit <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:03:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] address comments

---
 lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp                   | 14 ++---
 lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp                 | 22 ++++++++
 .../TestBreakpointViaSymlink.py               | 53 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/main.c  |  7 +++
 4 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp
index 21bbf7f474a32..c085c28acc02d 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/Module.cpp
@@ -1462,16 +1462,16 @@ bool Module::SetLoadAddress(Target &target, 
lldb::addr_t value,
 //   - POSIX: a symbolic link
 // In those cases, MatchesModuleSpec fails even though both name the same file.
 // This is a fall back which compares the canonicalized real paths.
-static bool FileSpecsResolveToSameFile(const FileSpec &pattern,
-                                       const FileSpec &file) {
-  if (pattern.GetDirectory().empty() || !file)
+static bool FileSpecsResolveToSameFile(const FileSpec &lhs,
+                                       const FileSpec &rhs) {
+  if (lhs.GetDirectory().empty() || rhs.GetDirectory().empty())
     return false;
   FileSystem &fs = FileSystem::Instance();
-  llvm::SmallString<256> pattern_real, file_real;
-  if (fs.GetRealPath(pattern.GetPath(), pattern_real) ||
-      fs.GetRealPath(file.GetPath(), file_real))
+  llvm::SmallString<256> lhs_real, rhs_real;
+  if (fs.GetRealPath(lhs.GetPath(), lhs_real) ||
+      fs.GetRealPath(rhs.GetPath(), rhs_real))
     return false;
-  return FileSpec::Equal(FileSpec(pattern_real), FileSpec(file_real),
+  return FileSpec::Equal(FileSpec(lhs_real), FileSpec(rhs_real),
                          /*full=*/true);
 }
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp b/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
index e851495a81f38..cddacab059b93 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "lldb/Expression/REPL.h"
 #include "lldb/Expression/UserExpression.h"
 #include "lldb/Expression/UtilityFunction.h"
+#include "lldb/Host/FileSystem.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/Host.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/PosixApi.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/StreamFile.h"
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/ScopeExit.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SetVector.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorExtras.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ThreadPool.h"
 
@@ -3627,6 +3629,26 @@ Status Target::Launch(ProcessLaunchInfo &launch_info, 
Stream *stream) {
 
   FinalizeFileActions(launch_info);
 
+  // Preserve the path the user used to create this target when computing
+  // argv[0].
+  if (platform_sp && platform_sp->IsHost()) {
+    if (llvm::StringRef arg0 = GetArg0(); !arg0.empty()) {
+      FileSpec arg0_spec(arg0);
+      FileSpec exe_spec = launch_info.GetExecutableFile();
+      if (exe_spec && arg0_spec != exe_spec) {
+        FileSystem &fs = FileSystem::Instance();
+        llvm::SmallString<256> arg0_real, exe_real;
+        if (!fs.GetRealPath(arg0_spec.GetPath(), arg0_real) &&
+            !fs.GetRealPath(exe_spec.GetPath(), exe_real) &&
+            arg0_real == exe_real) {
+          launch_info.SetExecutableFile(arg0_spec, /*add_as_first_arg=*/false);
+          if (launch_info.GetArguments().GetArgumentCount() > 0)
+            launch_info.GetArguments().ReplaceArgumentAtIndex(0, arg0);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   if (state == eStateConnected) {
     if (launch_info.GetFlags().Test(eLaunchFlagLaunchInTTY))
       return Status::FromErrorString(
diff --git 
a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/TestBreakpointViaSymlink.py
 
b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/TestBreakpointViaSymlink.py
index defb23cc16f37..c52d587283b2f 100644
--- 
a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/TestBreakpointViaSymlink.py
+++ 
b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/TestBreakpointViaSymlink.py
@@ -18,13 +18,9 @@
 class TestBreakpointViaSymlink(TestBase):
     NO_DEBUG_INFO_TESTCASE = True
 
-    @skipIfRemote
-    def test_breakpoint_resolves_once_via_symlink(self):
-        self.build()
-        real_exe = self.getBuildArtifact("a.out")
-
-        # A symlink whose real path differs from the path used to create the
-        # target.
+    def make_symlink(self, real_exe):
+        """Create a symlink to real_exe whose real path differs, skipping the
+        test if the platform can't create one."""
         link_exe = self.getBuildArtifact("a.out.symlink")
         try:
             if os.path.lexists(link_exe):
@@ -35,6 +31,13 @@ def test_breakpoint_resolves_once_via_symlink(self):
             self.skipTest("could not create a symlink: %s" % e)
         self.addTearDownHook(lambda: os.remove(link_exe))
         self.assertNotEqual(os.path.realpath(link_exe), link_exe)
+        return link_exe
+
+    @skipIfRemote
+    def test_breakpoint_resolves_once_via_symlink(self):
+        self.build()
+        real_exe = self.getBuildArtifact("a.out")
+        link_exe = self.make_symlink(real_exe)
 
         target = self.dbg.CreateTarget(link_exe)
         self.assertTrue(target, VALID_TARGET)
@@ -68,3 +71,39 @@ def test_breakpoint_resolves_once_via_symlink(self):
         self.assertEqual(
             len(matches), 1, "exactly one executable module, got %d" % 
len(matches)
         )
+
+    @skipIfRemote
+    def test_arg0_preserved_when_module_reused_via_symlink(self):
+        """Canonical-path module matching lets a second target reuse the module
+        of a first target that named the same file differently. That must not
+        change how the second target is launched: argv[0] has to stay the path
+        the user created *that* target with (multicall binaries dispatch on 
it).
+        """
+        self.build()
+        real_exe = self.getBuildArtifact("a.out")
+        link_exe = self.make_symlink(real_exe)
+
+        # Create a target with the *real* path first.
+        real_target = self.dbg.CreateTarget(real_exe)
+        self.assertTrue(real_target, VALID_TARGET)
+
+        # Create a second target via the *symlink*.
+        link_target = self.dbg.CreateTarget(link_exe)
+        self.assertTrue(link_target, VALID_TARGET)
+
+        wd = self.get_process_working_directory()
+        process = link_target.LaunchSimple(None, None, wd)
+        self.assertTrue(process, PROCESS_IS_VALID)
+        self.assertState(process.GetState(), lldb.eStateExited)
+        arg0 = lldbutil.read_file_from_process_wd(self, "arg0.txt").strip()
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            os.path.basename(arg0),
+            os.path.basename(link_exe),
+            "argv[0] should be the symlink used to create the target, got %r" 
% arg0,
+        )
+        self.assertNotEqual(
+            os.path.basename(arg0),
+            os.path.basename(real_exe),
+            "argv[0] leaked the reused module's real path: %r" % arg0,
+        )
diff --git 
a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/main.c 
b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/main.c
index 9ba28de2ae01c..38a53355e34f8 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/main.c
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_via_symlink/main.c
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  FILE *f = fopen("arg0.txt", "w");
+  if (f) {
+    fputs(argc > 0 ? argv[0] : "", f);
+    fclose(f);
+  }
   return 0; // break here
 }

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